Varshini KVSS

Work
  1. The Mighty Tiny
  2. New Mags City Guides
  3. Ordning and Reda Rebrand
  4. Books We Wish Existed
  5. SnackTide
  6. Travelling Patterns


  9. gLOOD
Flatfile
Sketchbook

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Varshini KVSS is a graphic designer and collage artist based in the Baltimore-DC area. Her work explores the relationship between typography, images, and narrative—often through books, editorial design, and experimental print formats.
           Drawn to the tactile and the intuitive, she frequently works with analog collage and material experimentation as a way of discovering unexpected visual synergy. In 2022, she founded Glood, a creative club that brings people together through hands-on collage workshops and collective making.



Photograph by Javed Ali


EducationMaryland Institute College of Art {MICA}
MFA Graphic Design
Baltimore, USA
2025–2027

National Institute of Design {NID}
B.Des Graphic Design
Ahmedabad, India
2019–2023


Employment Studio8585 
Junior Graphic Designer
Zagreb, Croatia
2023–2025

Squadron 14
Editorial Designer
New Delhi, India 
2024

Irregulars Alliance
Publication Designer
New Delhi, India 
2024

Tara Books
Resident Graphic Designer
Chennai, India
2023–2024

Studio Anugraha
Design Intern
Mumbai, India
2023

Echostream Pvt. Ltd.
Design Intern
Sikkim, India
2022

National Institute of Design
Student Designer
Ahmedabad, India
2021/2022



AwardsMerit Scholarship
MICA
2025

BIPOC scholarship
IMTD Course
Letterform Archive, San Fransisco
2021

Bold scholarship
Fundamentals of Kinetoc Typography
Type Electives
2024



Fellowships/
ResidenciesMarch 2023
Fellowship by Creative Voyage  
“On Crafting a Publication” 
Studio Sangath & BV Doshi Archives

2022
Artist in Residence
Kolaj Magazine, New Orleans 


PublicationsArchitectural Digest
AD India’s top 100 for 2024
Identity design + Website work for River Pavilion, 
Dec 2023

Kolaj Magazine+Institute
Published in “Collage Saves the World”
Jul 2023

Mediated Lines | NID Press
“Glood!” featured in the exhibition and publication.
Nov 2022

Lines of Sight | NID Press
Bottled Baatalu and GIY featured.
May 2022

Diversity Type Project
Glyph Design selected for the World’s most diverse Typeface
Apr 2021

Design United
Sketchbooks featured
Jun 2021

Design United
63 Days of Odia featured
May 2021



ReferralsMario Depicolzuane
Founder of Studio8585
mario@studio8585.com

Varna Shashidhar
Founder of VSLA
vsla@gmail.com

Tarun Deep Girdher
Principal Faculty at NID
tarundg@nid.edu



SkillsEdiorial Design
Art Direction
Image Making
Photography
Web Design
Branding
Type Design







Last Updated 03.08.26
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